Perform Ruqya over a patient by reciting Al-Mu’awwidhat

Narrated ‘Aaisha (رضي الله عنها) :

"Whenever Allaah’s Messenger (صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم) became sick, he would recite Mu’awwidhat (Soorat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas) and then blow his breath over his body. When he became seriously ill, I used to recite (these two Surahs) and rub his hands over his body hoping for its blessings."

[Saheeh Al-Bukhaari, Hadeeth No.535, Vol.6]

Source : The Book of As-Salaam (Greetings): Chapter 20 – To perform Ruqya over a patient by reciting Al-Mu’awwidhat [Soorat Al-Falaq (113), and Soorat An-Nas (114) and blowing one’s breath and saliva over the patient while reciting these Verses. Al-Lulu Wal-Marjan

Compiled by: Fuwad Abdul-Baqi, Translated by: Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan

The Poem that made Imaam Ahmad (رحمه الله) Cry

إذا ما قال لي ربي ..... أما استحييت تعصيني                               
وتخفي الذنب عن خلقي .. وبالعصيان تأتيني                                                                       

If my Lord asks me
“Have you no shame in disobeying Me?
You hide your faults from My creation
yet full of sin you come to Me.”

فكيف أجيب يا ويحي .. ومن ذا سوف يحميني

So what will I answer? O’ Woe to me,
and who shall protect me do you see?

أسلي النفس بالآمال .. من حين إلى حين

I keep forestalling my soul
with thoughts of hope from time to time

وأنسى ما وراء الموت .. ماذا بعد تكفيني

And forgetting what is to come after death,
and after I am warped in the sheets of the dead

What are the prescribed means of warding off sihr (witchcraft) before it happens?

{Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat al-Sheikh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (رحمه الله), 
vol. 8}

Praise be to Allaah.

Among the most important means of warding off the danger of sihr before it happens is seeking protection through the adhkaar (dhikr) prescribed in Islam, making du’aa’ and reciting prayers seeking refuge that were narrated from the Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم. These include: 

1 – Reciting Aayat al-Kursiy [al-Baqarah 2:255] after every prescribed prayer, after reciting the adhkaar which are prescribed after the salaam. 

2 – Reciting Aayat al-Kursiy when going to sleep. This is the greatest aayah in the Qur’aan, in which Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى says: 

“Allaah! Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), Al-Hayyul-Qayyum (the Ever Living, the One Who sustains & protects all that exists). Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens & whatever is on the earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, & what will happen to them in the Hereafter. And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursiy extends over the heavens & the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding & preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.”

[al-Baqarah 2:255]

3 – Reciting “Qul huwa Allaahu ahad”, “Qul a’oodhu bi Rabb il-Falaq” and “Qul a’oodhu bi Rabb il-Naas” [i.e., the last three soorahs of the Qur’aan] following every prescribed prayer, and reciting these three soorahs (three times) at the beginning of the day after Fajr prayer, and at the beginning of the night after Maghrib prayer. 

Two Types of Guidance

 

Sheikh Zayd Al-Madkhalee رحمه الله

Similarly, guidance is of two types. The first type of guidance is the guidance of direction, instruction, and teaching. Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى is responsible for this as are the human beings. Allaah gives them the favor to be able to do so; therefore, they have the ability to do it. At the head of them and at the forefront of them are the noble messengers and the magnificent prophets and the Imams of guidance. Meaning, they direct the people to that which contains rectification for the religion as well as their Dunyaa. And they direct them towards that which Allaah wants from them and that which the Messenger ﷺ wants as well. And the evidence for this is the statement of Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى:

وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِي إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

"And verily, you (O Muhammad ﷺ) are indeed guiding (mankind) to the Straight Path."

(Ash-Shura 42:52)

Meaning, you guide and direct to the upright path which has no crookedness in it. Likewise, the statement of Allaah  سُبحانه وتعالى :

I don't want to learn Fiqh...

By: Sheikh Zayd Al-Madkhalee رحمه الله

Question: 

I fear that if I gain Fiqh (comprehension in the religion) that I will not act upon it and thus fall into sin.

Answer:  

This is an argument that is not correct. It has no basis in the legislation nor in the intellect, and it is not permissible for him to hold this ideology. It is upon him to have a good thought about himself and be truthful with Allaah. So if he learns whilst being determined to act upon his knowledge then Allaah will pour forth upon him from His Tawfeeq and will guide him to act upon that which he knows. As for him preferring to remain upon ignorance, fearing that he will not act upon the knowledge, then this is a sign of destruction and a reason for bankruptcy in terms of legislative knowledge which rectifies the affairs of the Deen and the Dunyaa.

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